Hotel Guided To Safety As Fire Razes Nine Oakland Buildings
A three alarms fire in downtown Oakland destroyed nine wooden businesses including the Eagle Hotel. Fifteen people were led to safety by Navy Shore Patrolman James A. Correll and Officer Robert Leen. Two firefighters were injured. The blaze began at West Coast Pants Factory around 12:45 am, likely from a boiler explosion near San Pablo and 16th streets.
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Oakland
Alif
Eagle
Navy
James A. Correll
Robert Leen
Barney Muldowney
Ralph Walkuss
16Th
San Pablo Avenues
Oakland City Hall
Correll
Alameda Naval Air Station
San Pablo Avenue
Hotel Fire Sends Guests to Street in Night Attire
A blaze forced hotel guests to flee in night clothes as stairs smoked. One trapped man was lowered from the roof by a fire ladder and a woman overcome was taken to safety. Three alarms drew 120 firefighters and 16 pieces of equipment, drawing a crowd of about 1,000 spectators.
Governor Garvey joins Arizona push for CAP bill
Willcox February 7. Governor Dan E. Garvey left by National Guard plane for Washington to advocate the Central Arizona Project bill in Arizona efforts.
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Willcox
Dan E. Garvey
National Guard
Washington, D. C
Arizona
McCarran Signals Support for Central Arizona Project
Senator Pat McCarran a Democrat from Nevada said he may vote for the 708 million dollar Central Arizona Project as Senate debate enters its second day. He indicated alignment with Arizona on the bill and argued California witnesses overstated Nevada water needs while Nevada expects about 300 000 acre feet annually. He previously urged a Supreme Court test of water rights and cautioned Congress against authorizing any part of the project, with the measure tying irrigation authorizations to the test outcome.
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Washington
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Arizona
Senate
Senator McCarran
California
Colorado
Charles Carson
McCarran
Congress
Supreme Court
Coal Output Drops Amid Nationwide Miners Strike
Pittsburgh February 7 AP coal production fell under the miners strike affecting 372,800 workers in 14 states. They refuse to obey the Taft Hartley Act. Daily output around 2,220,000 tons with rising unemployment in coal dependent industries.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Noted Officials Comment On Postwar Military Policy
International News Service reports statements from United States High Commissioner John J. McCloy in Stuttgart that there will be no German army or air force. Senator Millard Tydings in Washington argues outlawing atom bombs should extend to conventional weapons. Navy Captain Melville Aston in Atlanta says underground living is avoidable with proper planning for atomic use.
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International News Service
Stuttgart
Germany
United States
John J. McCloy
Washington
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Armed Services Committee
Atlanta
YMCA Opens Bids On New Building In Phoenix Drive
The YMCA reports a $517,850 victory toward a $500000 goal as bids for a $1.2 million building are opened in Phoenix. More than 500 volunteers cheered after the campaign end, led by Martin E. Wist and J Howard Pyle, with bids to be reviewed by the executive committee at 300 North First Avenue.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
Central Avenue
van Buren Street
Dewey Swihart
North First Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
Phoenix
YMCA
Martin E. Wist
J. Howard Pyle
Henry B. Sargent
Big Gifts Committee
Dix W. Price
Teams Organization
Miner urges Lewis give up pay to feed idle diggers
In Canonsburg Pennsylvania February AP reports coal miner Roman Rybarski 55 father of seven proposes that John L Lewis and aides forgo one paycheck to buy food for needy miners at Lindley mine of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. He says workers would distribute the saved pay so no one goes hungry and urges action despite Taft Hartley Act backlash.
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Canonsburg
John L. Lewis
United Miner
Roman Rybarski
Lindley
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
John L
Rybarski
Truman
Lawmakers accuse England of delay in atom leak probe
Washington February 7 lawmakers blame slow British legal procedure for hindering FBI pursuit of further atomic leaks in the Klaus Fuchs case. They fear delays may let suspects flee. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told senators he has not received full details of any confession from Britain.
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Washington
FBI
Klaus Fuchs
J. Edgar Hoover
Fuchs
Scotland Yard
Hoover
Capitol Hill
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Congressional Atomic Committee
Quebec
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Canada
Ten Firms Sued Over City Sales Tax Charges
The City of Phoenix filed criminal actions against ten operators for willfully not filing sales tax returns, with penalties up to 300 dollars per unpaid month. Names include Birch’s Pharmacy, San Carlos Cafe, U. S. Pipe, Andress Cigaret Service, Mission Inn, Doug Reid Used Cars, Western Craftsman, Melburn Floralart, Frank’s Seventh Street Market, and Capitol Buffet.
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Phoenix
C. W. Pensinger
B. E. Bear
Arthur M. Birch
Birch
Third
Roosevelt Streets
F. D. Evans
San Carlos
West Monroe Street
Stanley C
E. L. Sugarman
U. S. Pipe and Supply Company
P. O
North Central Avenue
Frank E. Barker
Frank
Seventh Street
North Seventh Street
F. L. Wallis
Capitol Buffet
South 17Th Avenue
Laurence H. Whitlow
Pensinger
Bear
Three ex-henchmen held in Cohen home dynamiting
Los Angeles police arrested Joe Sica 38 Alfred 34 and Salvatore Piscopo 54 former associates of Mickey Cohen on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder after a dynamite blast damaged Cohen s West Los Angeles home The suspects longtime underworld figures were rounded up within a day of the attack The blast shook the upscale district and Cohen and his household escaped injury local residents urged protection
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Associated Press
Mickey Cohen
Los Angeles
Cohen
Joe Sica
Alfred
Salvatore Piscopo
Dago Louis Marli
Jack Donahue
Sica Brothers
Piscopo
Donahue
Russian Squeeze On Again Off Again
Berlin reports a severe traffic jam at Helmstedt on the Russian zonal border, with more than 200 German trucks queued as Soviet guards and German police aided the clearance. Officials said the jam eased by afternoon though about 200 trucks remained.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
Charles A. Dix
U. S
Germany
West Berlin
East Germany
Jury Hears Mercy Case Final Pleas
Bridgeport reports the mercy slaying trial of Carol Ann Paight as prosecutors urge a second degree murder conviction while the defense portrays a cancer phobia driven mental blackout. Judge and jury faced closing arguments amid intimate family motive claims and a defendant praised as a loving daughter.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Carol Ann Paight
Otto J. Saur
Joseph L. Melvin
Carol
Melvin
Temperatures Today at Sky Harbor by reading times
Readings from Sky Harbor Station show early morning temperatures ranging from 52 to 56 degrees Fahrenheit at 3:30 to 7:30 a m. Small variations reflect gradual warming through dawn.
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Sky Harbor
Light Showers Hit Northern Arizona Rains Mostly at Grand Canyon
Scattered showers lingered in northern Arizona with measurable rainfall only at the Grand Canyon about half an inch. The Weather Bureau projected continued showery weather in the north tonight, with light showers possible in the Bradshaw and Mazatzal mountains. Temperatures rose statewide with Phoenix highs around 76 to 77 and lows near 52.
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Arizona
Grand Canyon
Louis R. Jurwitz
Phoenix
United States Weather Bureau
Bradshaw
Mazatzal Mountains
Weather Bureau
Sky Harbor
Flagstaff
Benes group to stand trial in Prague plot case
Reports from Prague say a large group of followers of the late Eduard Benes faces trial on charges of plotting to overthrow the Communist government. The information is unofficial and unconfirmed, but sources close to the matter indicate the trial could occur very soon.
Russia Again Acts For China In UN Seat Move
At Lake Success on February 7 1950 the Soviet delegate Semyon K Tsarapkin attended the opening of the UN Economic and Social Council seeking to seat the Chinese Communists while prepared to walk out if the 18 nation body refuses to unseat the Chinese Nationalists.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United Nations
Economic and Social Council
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Union Agrees To Continue Wage Talks In Delay
U S mediation chief Cyrus S Ching won a postponement to February 24 for a nationwide telephone strike by 100000 Bell system workers. CIO head Beirne cited public interest and intensified bargaining as reason to delay while conciliators seek a settlement with Western Electric Pacific Southwestern and Mountain States Bell.
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Union
U. S. Mediation
Washington
Communications Workers of America Today
Cyrus S. Ching
Joseph A. Beirne
Congress of Industrial Organization Union
Ching
Beirne
Bell Telephone System
Western Electric
Pacific, Southwestern
Mountain States
Bell Telephone Companies
New Jersey
Thief Leaps Six Floors To Freedom
An unidentified burglar trapped in an office near Fifth Avenue fled by leaping six stories into netting over a skylight. Guards from Holmes Electric Protective Company pursued him after an alarm. The escape occurred at 44 West 28th Street when the thief broke free from an altercation on an eighth-floor textile office and fled to the street.
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New York
T (Ap
Fifth Avenue
Holmes Electric Protective Company
West 28Th Street
County Has No Funds To Equip Playgrounds
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors said there is no county program or funds to equip county parks. A $10,000 appropriation from two years ago for land purchase was not used for maintenance, and local groups were expected to manage facilities. Community groups and Berney Park supporters have pressed for coop with the county, but county leaders have offered no funding or capital improvement support, hindering activation of the park.
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Maricopa
B'nai B'rith
L. Cedric Austin
City Parks and Playgrounds
Berney Park
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England
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Bricker
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Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Committee
Mickey
Cohen Home
Mit
William Gude
Cohens
China
Jack Halperin
B'nai B’rith Lodge
20Th and
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